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Columbus tried to sail to India but landed in the Americas. There was more land for Europe to explore and inhabit -
Colonists from England arrived in the new world to colonize. The colonists named the colony Jamestown and it was the first English village in the Americas. This colony was important for the economy and many resources. -
Pilgrims were colonizers sent from England to the New World to colonize it. The pilgrims managed to colonize an area, naming it Plymouth. Plymouth was very important as it was one of the first colonies in the New World. -
A seven-year war between Britain and France for North American land. The war resulted in Britain winning and taking France's land. -
A plan to make the 13 colonies united. Benjamin Franklin offered it and every colony rejected the offer. -
A treaty was sent by France to Britain saying that Britain could have the French land in America and that Britain would stop attacking France. -
King George the Third ruled that land west of the Appalachian mountains was off-limits to settlers. -
The Stamp Act made it so all colonists were required to pay taxes for all paper they used. -
The American Revolution was a battle between the thirteen American colonies and British rule. it was started because the colonies were unhappy with the British rule's choices. It went through the Declaration of Independence, military engagements, foreign alliances, and the Treaty of Paris.
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The quartering act made it so British soldiers would stay and live in public houses. -
The Townshed act made it so there was tax on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea. -
British guards guarding the Boston Customs House got into a crowd of civilians and killed three men, injuring eight. -
An act was passed that gave the East India Company a tax break on their tea. it made it so their tea was cheaper than smuggler's tea. -
People were mad about the tax on tea so when a ship with tea came into the Boston Harbor, at night a group of people went aboard and dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts was an act to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party incident. This act included housing and feeding British troops in the colonies. -
Representatives of the 13 colonies met to discuss the British oppression they were under. -
The Battle of Lexington was a battle between colonists and British soldiers. The purpose was for the British soldiers to confiscate weapons and ammunition. -
The second meeting of representatives from the thirteen colonies where they discussed the American Revolution -
A letter to the King that asked for no future war to come to the British. -
Common Sense was a letter to England written by Thomas Paine that asked for the colonies to be independent. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed by representatives that marked the end of the revolutionary war, marking America's independence. -
A rebellion in Massachusetts was caused because of high taxes and economic positions. it ended with the rebellion being defeated. -
In 1790, after shays rebellion, the U.S. Constitution was ratified and approved by congress. -
In 1791, after the approval of the Constitution, there was a rebellion because people were mad about tax on whiskey and violently protested. -
Affairs between the United States, France, and Great Britain ended up in a war against France, named the Quasi war. -
After the XYZ affair, the War of 1812 started with the U.S. and Great Britain. In the end, there was no winner and it ended with a treaty between the two.